Overview

• Officials report 481,000 people and 405,000 livestock evacuated, with more than 1.5 million residents affected across Punjab.
• More than 800 boats and over 1,300 rescuers are deployed in what authorities describe as the province’s largest relief mission.
• Over 500 relief camps are operating as thousands of villages along the three rivers remain affected by high water.
• Sutlej flows at Ganda Singh Headworks topped roughly 385,000 cusecs, and a breach at the Rahimyar embankment was planned to protect Kasur.
• At least 30 people died in the latest spell of flooding this week, and forecasters warn severe weather could persist into early September.